Making the Patient Your Partner: Communication Skills for Doctors and Other Caregivers - Hardcover

Edwards, W. Sterling

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0865692556 ISBN 13: 9780865692558

Publisher: Praeger, 1995

Synopsis

Health professionals need to learn the communication skills that will create collaborative and mutually satisfying relationships with patients. The failure of doctors to relate effectively to patients results in noncompliance, malpractice suits, longer stays in hospitals and other negative outcomes. Interpersonal skills can be easily learned by studying the techniques described by Gordon and Edwards. Using cases, interviews, dialogues, and vignettes, the authors provide effective models or blueprints for health professionals to follow. The skills are generic and improve interpersonal communication throughout the spectrum of medical specializations and services.

Gordon is a psychologist who has pioneered internationally recognized effectiveness training programs widely used by teachers, parents, salesmen, managers, and other professionals. He has published six books that have sold over five million copies in 17 languages. In this work, he has enlisted the expertise of Edwards, a highly respected medical doctor and educator, to provide the necessary insider's view of the health profession. Together they make a convincing case for doctors to develop closer and more collaborative relationships with patients.

About this title

About the Author

Thomas Gordon, PhD, is president of Effectiveness Training, Inc., Solana Beach, California. He is the creator of the pioneering program, Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.), now taught in 37 countries. His training program for managers is used by the most successful companies in the United States.

W. Sterling Edwards, MD, is professor and chairman emeritus of the Department of Surgery at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. He is the author of numerous books and publications in the medical field.

From the Back Cover

Health professionals need to learn the communication skills that will create collaborative and mutually satisfying relationships with patients. The failure of doctors to relate effectively to patients results in non-compliance, malpractice suits, longer stays in hospitals and other negative outcomes. Interpersonal skills can be easily learned by studying the techniques described by Gordon and Edwards. Using cases, interviews, dialogues, and vignettes, the authors provide effective models or blueprints for health professionals to follow. Gordon is a psychologist who has pioneered internationally recognized effectiveness training programs widely used by teachers, parents, salesmen, managers, and other professionals. He has published six books that have sold over five million copies in seventeen languages. In this work, he has enlisted the expertise of Dr. Edwards, a highly respected medical doctor and educator, to provide the necessary insider's view of the health profession. Together they make a convincing case for doctors to develop closer and more collaborative relationships with patients.

Edition details

• Publisher: Praeger
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865692556
• ISBN 13: 9780865692558
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240